Studio Musings

Monday, September 10, 2012

Rays of Sunshine on a Cloudy Monday

I've been under the weather the past few days and running on fumes. My to-do list is about a mile long and is all I seem to dream of at night right now. But I've had several huge rays of sunshine recently, including two packages in the mail. So I thought I'd share.

The Art Bead Love Tour package arrived on Friday. This chain is far longer than I had realized from pictures and there are so many lovely art beads. Every time I look, I see another lovely I hadn't noticed before. I'm simply oohing and aahhing over all the beads right now - will make some decisions of what I'm taking off and adding on by the end of the week. I'll post the drawing for it's next stop then, too.

And then on Saturday I received a surprise package from Kalmbach Books. I'd forgotten that I'd signed up to participate in their Bead Soup Party to celebrate the upcoming release of Lori Anderson's book Bead Soup.

To make it more fun, the Bead Soup mix is from Beauty and the Bead, a sort of local beading store from Bellingham up near the border.

Isn't that owl fun? He sure makes me smile. Now just have to figure out where he belongs in time for the November 2nd reveal.

And today, I received an email from Karin Slaton of Backstory Beads saying she'd awarded my blog the One Lovely Blog Award. Thank you Karin! You truly did make my day.

As you've probably guessed by this point, I'm skipping the design post this week - just haven't been able to finish it up to my satisfaction. But I'll be back with that next Monday. Promise.

What fun! The Art Bead chain is fabulous and I can't wait to see what you choose. Your "bead soup" package is beautiful and I'm sure you'll come up with yet another stellar Karen Williams original design for them. Congratulations on the Blog award and feel better soon!!

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About Me

I think I must have been a raven or crow (or perhaps a magpie) in a former life. I love all things bright and shiny. My studio houses an ever growing collection of baubles, beads, river rocks, twigs, seashells, sea glass, autumn leaves, fabrics, paint supplies and anything else (quite literally) that captures my interest.
In an effort to actually do something productive with my collections, I published my first book, Freeform Peyote Beading, in 2010. My current work combines peyote stitch and right angle weave into abstract, organic patterns that often resemble jewelry.